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Missing woman reportedly found alive in Mexico, but her family has doubts

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) — An Arizona woman missing since 2024 has been said to have been found in Mexico, but her family and local law enforcement agencies say they have doubts. Mexican authorities said Shayna Feinman, 35, who was reported missing in March 2024, was found in Tijuana. A Tijuana security force said Feinman was found on Oct. 23 after reports of a woman matching her description in an Encino neighborhood. The security force said the woman was confirmed to be Feinman, but officials with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said they have not been able to independently confirm her identity due to “insufficient evidence.” Feinman’s sister Kara added that she did not recognize the person in Mexico and didn’t have hard evidence that the person was indeed her sister. Kara said this was not the first time that Feinman was reported to have been spotted. Feinman’s sister called these…

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Risks spelled out for Anthropic investors include blowback from runaway AI

Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks to investors. In the case of artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, that has included the possibility that its products could threaten nothing less than humanity itself. The risks laid out by the San Francisco company in its filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission included discussion of bad actors potentially using AI models to build deadly weapons or the technology itself going rogue with untold consequences. Of the 335 pages outlining Anthropic’s finances, executive compensation, dividend policy and the like, 93 pages are devoted to “risk factors” — the things that could hurt potential shareholders’ investments. Rival SpaceX’s listed risk factors, in comparison, took up 38 out of more than 250 pages. In selling itself to investors, Anthropic presents its own…

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An AI Safety Researcher Stopped Saving for Retirement Because AI Could End Humanity

MIRI president Nate Soares puts human extinction odds above 50 percent within a decade, shaping how he lives now Nate Soares believes humanity might not be around long enough to spend retirement savings. That conviction, reported by Business Insider following an interview Soares gave to The Atlantic, puts a startlingly personal face on an otherwise abstract argument about existential risk. It also raises a question worth sitting with: what would it take for a credentialed researcher to make that call? A former Google and Microsoft engineer now leads one of AI safety’s most prominent research organizations. He reportedly still holds a 401(k) from his time at Google but has not contributed to it for roughly a decade. That period corresponds with his work in AI alignment research, the effort to make advanced systems reliably pursue goals compatible with human intentions. The alignment…

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Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on Star Trek, dies at 90

Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the Star Trek television series and several movies, has died. He was 90. Koenig died on Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighbourhood of Los Angeles, talent agent Zachery McGinnis said in a statement. His death was also announced in a Facebook post by talent agency Galactic Productions, which said he "passed of old age at home in North Hollywood last night surrounded by his daughter and niece". The message described Koenig's legacy as an actor and praised his "talent, warmth, and unforgettable performances" which have "left a lasting mark on generations of fans around the world". In Star Trek, Ensign Chekov was the sole Communist-bloc member of the spaceship Enterprise bridge staff. His friendly, supportive presence showed how the rival nations (in the far-off future in which the show was set)…

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